In the shadow of the Company: the Dutch East India Company and its servants in the period of its decline (1740 - 1796)
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Beschreibung: | Teilw. zugl.: Leiden, Univ., Diss., 2008 |
Beschreibung: | XVIII, 279 S. Kt. |
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adam_text | Titel: In the shadow of the company
Autor: Nierstrasz, Chris
Jahr: 2012
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements xii
Glossary xv
Maps xvi
Introduction 1
The decline of the VOC 1
Answers to its decline 2
A new approach to decline 4
Literature and archives 6
Case studies 7
Comparisons 9
PART ONE: POWER AND TRADE
Chapter One: Power and Trade 13
Europe and expansion 14
Military expansion 16
Asia and expansion 17
Asian factors 21
The debate on Imperialism 23
Company and servant 27
The Company servants as portfolio capitalists 28
Chapter Two: India, the Fight for Dominance 31
The Indian battlefield: a land of opportunity 31
The Anglo-French struggle for power 34
An unresponsive VOC 37
A furtive response to fundamental dangers 39
A failed design to emulate 42
Negotiating with indigenous rulers 44
Chapter Three: Ceylon, a Cinnamon Paradise in Jeopardy 47
Enforcing a Monopoly 47
Status quo 49
Estrangement and conflict 52
Negotiating internal conflict 56
Increasing pressure on the king
60
External factors 61
X CONTENTS
Solving dilemmas by war 64
Military intervention 66
A new status quo 69
PART TWO: MONOPOLY AND PRIVATE TRADE
Chapter Four: Monopoly and Private Trade 73
A definition of the VOC monopoly 73
The monopoly: its success and its limitations 75
Plans for private trade 79
Institutionalization of private trade 80
The continuity of private trade 83
Freedom of trade and decline 85
Chapter Five: Private Trade with Batavia 89
Private trade to Batavia 89
Negotiating private trade privileges 92
Guaranteed profit and extended benefits 97
Huijsgebruijck 99
Remittances 100
Private trade from Batavia to the Coromandel Coast 101
Protecting privileges 103
Social exclusion 104
Chapter Six: Country Trade on the Coromandel Coast 109
Imports from Batavia 109
Institutional advantages 112
Unregulated control 115
Use of VOC facilities 117
Long-distance country trade 122
Financing trade 123
An international community of trade 124
PART THREE: PROFITS AND FORTUNES
Chapter Seven: Profits and Fortunes 131
Structural use of fortunes 131
Priorities in organization 133
Balancing interests 138
The paradox of less to offer but more to take 140
Hierarchy as a tool of control 143
Personal interest in appointments 144
From nepotism to redistribution of wealth 147
XI
Chapter Eight: Remuneration and Corruption 151
A troubled relationship 152
A legal share 153
Down the hierarchy 156
Corruption 157
Up the hierarchy 164
Chapter Nine: Promotions and Patronage 167
The supremacy of the Republic 167
Investing in friendship 170
Persuading patronage in Asia 174
Social reproduction 177
Balancing personal interests 179
Distribution of wealth 182
PART FOUR: DUTCH DECLINE AND BRITISH DOMINANCE
Chapter Ten: Dutch Decline and British Dominance 189
Monopolies and private trade 190
Empire and private trade 194
Profits and fortunes 197
Power and trade 205
Conclusion 209
Power and Trade 209
Monopoly and Private Trade 211
Profits and Fortunes 213
Dutch Decline and British Dominance 216
Notes 219
Bibliography 261
Index 273
List of maps
1. European activity on the Coromandel Coast and in Bengal,
c. 1760 xvi
2. The private trade presence of Van Eck in a larger perspective,
c. 1760 xvii
3. The political situation in Ceylon, before and after the peace
treaty of 1766 xviii
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